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What does it tell you when two of the world’s most cogent cinema essayists decide to put out books on TV? Mostly, it tells you that there hasn’t been much new cinema to talk about in the last five years thanks to the pandemic and the strikes. More profoundly, it tells you that all the action has...
The Japanese housing depreciation dilemma. While Japan shares many characteristics of the West – a democratic political system and capitalist economic system – one area that...
Re-alignment in a post-Covid world Despite successful vaccination programmes and economic support policies, Covid-19 continues to impact our real estate markets. As the pandemic...
In this very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate....
When a clumsy attempt to muzzle German business journalists backfires. We always get slightly nervous at REFIRE when Germany goes all bullish on the stock market. It's not that...
In this era of major technological advancements, the Covid-19 pandemic has supercharged changes, especially in the way we communicate and work. Organisations are changing rapidly...
Originally published August 2021. How fans create electric atmospheres. Since the arrival of Covid-19, empty seats and eerie silences at sports and entertainment venues have...
Originally published August 2021. Why the retail real estate world should take note. In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway famously writes, “‘How did you go bankrupt?’ ‘Two...
After months of uncertainty and debate about its rights and wrongs (see Christina Philippou’s recent article) Newcastle United have finally been taken over by the Saudi...
Updated draft legislation has clarified many issues but there are still areas of uncertainty. As explained in our article in June 2021, the Government’s policy objective...